Wednesday, November 2, 2011

[I MIGHT TRI IT]

SOOOO LONG TIME NO TALK! SORRY, LIFE HAS BEEN SUPER BUSY. STUFF WITH RYAN, MOVING, HALLOWEEN, MOVING... CLEANING.... PACKING... UNPACKING... YOU GET THE IDEA.

I ACTUALLY DIDN'T GO TO THE GYM VERY MUCH LAST WEEK, SO IM MAKING UP FOR IT THIS WEEK! I NEED TO GET SERIOUSSSSSSS ABOUT MY DIET AND EXERCISE.

LATELY IVE BEEN HAVING A HANKERING TO TRY A TRIATHLON... LETS NOT GET TOO CRAZY... IM TALKING ABOUT A HALF TRIATHLON. IN THE FAR FUTURE... WHICH MEANS I WANT TO START TRAINING YESTERDAY. AT THE GYM IVE BEEN DOING WHAT I CALL 'MINI TRIATHLONS' CONSISTING OF A 2 MILE RUN, 6 MILE BIKE, AND A 1/2 MILE SWIM... IN THAT ORDER... OBVIOUSLY I DO IT IN THE WRONG ORDER.... (SUPPOSE TO SWIM, BIKE, RUN)... BUT I DONT WANT TO SWIM, SHOWER, THEN DO THE REST OF MY WORKOUT INSIDE WITH WET HAIR... CALL ME CRAZY. MAYBE IF I WAS TRAINING OUTSIDE.... HAHA. ALRIGHTY...

SO I WANT TO WORK UP TO A HALF TRIATHLON BEFORE I DIE (WHICH IS 1.2MI SWIM, 56MI BIKE, AND 13.1MI RUN) BUT I FIGURED THAT BEFORE I START BECOMING INSANE, I BETTER START WITH A SPRINT (.47MI SWIM, 12.4MI BIKE, AND A 3.1MI RUN) THEN MOVE TO AN OLYMPIC DISTANCE (.93MI SWIM, 24.8MI BIKE, AND A 6.2MI RUN)....

IM STARTING TO GET REALLY EXCITED. IVE BEEN LOVING MY NEW GYM TIME. I NEED TO START A GOOD SCHEDULE THOUGH... KEEP MY YOGA AND STRENGTH TRAINING GOING WHILE DOING ALL THAT FUN CARDIO. THIS TIME IM DOING THINGS RIGHT BY HAVING A REALLY GOOD WELL ROUNDED WORKOUT.

I JUST NEED TO GET BRAVE ENOUGH TO GO OUT AND DO SOME OCEAN WATER SWIMS. WHICH IS KINDA CRAZY FOR ME TO THINK ABOUT. WEIRD TO THINK ABOUT WAVES... CURRENT... FREEZING WATER... AND NOT TO MENTION THERE WAS A SHARK SIGHTING AT BEACONS (ABOUT 200YRDS FROM MY FRONT DOOR).

I NEED A BUDDY. SOMEONE ON MY LEVEL. I KNOW JOSH WOULD DO IT... BUT HE'S ALSO 6'2" AND RUNS MUCH FASTER, IS AN INSANE BIKER, AND I KNOW BECAUSE HE'S SO LONG AND LEAN WOULD KILL IT IN SWIMMING.


... ALRIGHTY WELL THAT WAS FUN.

HOPEFULLY I CAN START POSTING MORE FREQUENTLY NOW THAT THINGS HAVE CALMED DOWN A BIT...

OXOX
J

2 comments:

  1. You're working towards doing a triathlon & I'm working towards a 5k..who woulda thought we'd be here?! I'm so proud of you, I think a triathlon is a WONDERFUL idea & I know you'll be able to kill it with enough training :)

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  2. THANKS JEN! I KNOW RIGHT! CRAZY! I DONT KNOW IF ID EVER 'KILL' ANYTHING, BUT IM GOOD AT FINISHING! HAHA. I RUN SLOW, I SWIM SLOW, I MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE UP THE TIME BIKING... BUT KILL IT? NAH, NOT MY STYLE HAHA.

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